Roofing-tile



(No Model.) E. BENNETT.

; ROOFING TILE.

No. 351,956. Patented'Novl Z, 1886.

N. PETERS, PhoiLlllwgrlpher, Wzlhlnglall. D. C.

2 5 view of one tile,

@adjoining tiles.

' UNITED-STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN BENNETT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,956, dated November2, 1886.

Applicatfon filed December 10, 1885. Serial N o. 185.226. (No model.)

io ing certain features of construction whereby the lap orjoint formedAin laying them on a roof is made to effectually excludel rain and snow.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate this invention, Figure 1is a top view of several of this tiles asthey appear when as sembled ona roof. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line .fr of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a side view of one tile and a longitudinal section of z two others,showin g the relative position, when on the roof, of certain parts ofthe tiles. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line y of Fig. l, showingthe lap of the tiles. Fig. 5 is a View of the lower end of a tile. Fig.6 is a bottom Fig. 7 is a top View of one tile. Fig. 8 is an en d viewof a tile, showing a modification in the shape of the drainsurface.

The tile maybe made of any suitable material, such as metal, glass, orclay.

Each tile has a flat upper surface, A, at one side of which is anupright longitudinal ange, B, which has on its inner side as h'oulder,c, near the upper end, to act as a stop or seat for the lower end, dfofthe flange on the next upper overlapping tile,\and an offset, e,'nearthe lower end, to take position above the upper end, f, of the next sideoverlapping tile. At the other side of the fiat upper surface, A, is

4o a convex-curved part, G, which, commencing at the flat surface,curves upward and then down, terminating with a downward-pointinglongitudinal edge, h, which laps over part of the upright flange B, oneach of 'the two side This upward-curved part G is largest at the lowerend, t', and tapers toward the upper end, f. By, this construction theouter dimension across this convex-curved part at the upper end, f, maycorrespond to V at the upper end, as at k, (see Fig. 3,) so that saidcut-away part may be seated on the lower portion of the flat surface Aof one tile, whlle the remainder of said edge h may be seated on thewhole of the exposed portion of the flat surface of the next lower tile.

The flat lower surface, L, of the tile has a gain or cut-away, n, atthat portion, which, on the roof, will overlap the upper end of thetllenext below.4 This'gain or cut-away is to reduce the thickness of thetile at that part, and thereby secure a closer fit or set-down7 on thetile next below.A

The extent to which an upper tile will overlap another below isdetermined bythe shoulder c on the` upright flange B. As the upper end,f, of the downward-pointing edge h 1s guarded bythe offset e on the tilenext above, rain-water running down `the dat surface will notenter thejoint. Each tile has nailholes p through the upper flat surface,by whichit is secured to the wood-work of a roof. A tile thus shaped andconstructed will make a tight roof.

The drainsurface A has been described as being fiat; but it is obviousit' may be somewhat curved, as'shown in Fig. 8. For roofs of certainshape this curved surface A would be necessary. Therefore where thewords flat surface77 are herein used I design them to include aslightly-curved surface.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLettersPatent of the United States l. A roofing-tile comprising a'flat surface,A, Having at one side an upright longitudinal flange, vB, provided onits inner side, and near its lower end, with an offset, e, and at theother a convex-curved part, G,/which terminates in adownward-pointing,longitudinal edge, h, as set forth. l

2. A roolingtile comprising a flat surface, A, having at one side anupright longitudinal flange, 2B, provided on its inner side with ashoulder, c, to stop the next upper overlapping tile, and at the other apart which terminates in a downward-projecting longitudinal edge, h, :isset forth.

3. A roofing-tile comprising a flat lower surface, L, having a gain orcutaway, n, at that part which will overlap :t tile next below it, and aat upper surface, A, having at one side an upright longitudinal ange, B,and at the other a part which terminates in :t downwardro projectinglongitudinal edge, h, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN BENNETT.

Witnesses:

JN0. T. MADDox, JOHN E. MORRIS.

